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Health: Accidents and Emergencies

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Have you ever been to hospital?

Have you ever been in an ambulance?
Have you ever broken any bones? How?
Have you ever burnt yourself? How?

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How do you feel at the sight of blood?

Whats your blood group?
How do you feel about having injections?
Are you allergic to any drugs, e.g. penicillin?

Fill the gaps below with the following words.

sprain first aid kit crutches plaster sling (plaster) cast bruise
faint stitches scar blood donor
A ........... is a mark on your skin, often a white line, where the skin healed after a deep cut.
A .................... is a box which contains medical equipment which is useful in an emergency.
If you break a bone in your leg the doctor sets the leg in a ..................................which stays on for
about six weeks.
If you cut yourself you put a ............................on the cut to protect it.
A ................................ is someone who donates some of their own blood to help people who have
lost too much blood.
If you have a deep cut a doctor needs to close it with ...........................
If you hurt your arm or shoulder you may need to rest your arm in a .............................
You .................... when you lose consciousness because your brain isnt getting enough oxygen.
A .................... is a mark on your skin which appears after bumping against something hard. The
skin changes colour from blue or purple to red and yellow over a few days.
You ................... your wrist or ankle when you twist it too far.
You use a pair of ......................... to help you walk if you have hurt one of your legs or feet.
Ask your partner the following questions.

1. Have you ever sprained your wrist? How? Did

you wear a sling?
2. Do you have a first-aid kit at home, or in the
car? Have you ever given anyone first aid?
3. Can you name four things usually found in a
first aid kit?
4. Would you like to be a trained first aider?
5. Are you a blood donor? Would you like to give
blood? Why (not)?
6. Have you ever fainted, or felt faint? Why? What
happened?

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7. Do you have any scars? How did you get them?

8. Have you ever had a cut which needed stitches?
How many stitches did you have?
9. Have you ever needed crutches? Why? How
long did you need them for?
10. Have you ever worn a plaster cast? Why? What
happened? Did your friends write on it?
11. Do you bruise easily? How long does it take for
your bruises to heal, usually?
12. When you need to take a plaster off, do you pull
it slowly, or rip it off quickly?

Discuss the difference between the words in each group below.

pain hurt injure ache
treat cure heal
Choose the correct word in the sentences below.
What would you do if you had a sudden pain/ache
9. When you have a cold or flu, what
in your abdomen?
medication do you take to treat/cure it?
On a scale of 1 to 10, how much does it hurt/ache
10. In your opinion, how likely is it that scientists
when you are being given an injection in your arm?
will find a treatment/cure for the common
If you stay on your feet all day (in comfortable
cold?
shoes), do your feet hurt/ache in the evening?
11. To what extent do you agree that sometimes
Have you ever stepped on something sharp and
the treatment/cure is worse than the
hurt/injured your foot? When? Where?
disease?
Have you ever worn shoes which were too tight
12. If you have a small cut on your hand, do you
and hurt/injured your feet?
go to the doctor or wait for it to heal/cure by
Have you ever hurt/injured someone emotionally?
itself?
What would you do to help people who had been
13. Do you believe that alternative therapies,
hurt/injured in an accident?
such as acupuncture, can heal/cure
Do you think paramedics should deal with the
addiction to alcohol, nicotine, etc.?
hurt/injured at the scene of the incident or just
14. Do you believe that some people have
stabilise the patient and take them to hospital?
healing/curing hands?
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Liz Regan 2009

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